Gary Oldman Gossip

How many chances do you get to get an apology right? Robin Thicke’s been trying for months. And his most recent attempt, that creepy gross video, isn’t a great effort. But then again, monetising your contrition, and attaching it to your career, doesn’t exactly smell like sincerity.

A few weeks ago, Jonah Hill went on Howard Stern and a couple of other talk shows and grovelled for forgiveness after throwing down a homophobic slur on camera. The latest late night apologiser is Gary Oldman who sat on Kimmel’s couch last night and expressed his profound regret for the Playboy interview.

So you’ve heard about this Gary Oldman Playboy interview, right? Oldman’s defenders tried to make it sound like he was taken out of context. How could he be taken out of context when the magazine posted the transcript? Others are saying that Oldman was simply “illustrating the absurd by being absurd”. Full Story

Could Iman have pulled off Anna Wintour’s floral Chanel at the MET Gala on Monday? How is what you’re wearing Punk, Iman? It’s not. I married David Bowie.
If you’ve not seen this yet, you’re about to experience a love explosion.
It’s Bowie’s video for The Next Day, directed by Floria Sigismundi, who also directed his The Stars video. Full Story

Um, Christian Bale and Natalie Portman look SUPER HOT as a couple, right? I’m so excited to see him look like himself in a movie - not scowling, not dying, not drug-addicted and emaciated but ordinary, and smiling.
Anyway, about last night at the Movie Awards - in case you missed it, they played a Dark Knight retrospective and included a few scenes with Heath Ledger and then Bale took the microphone and could not contain his emotions. Full Story

And Sirius Black too. But hopefully it won’t be the last time he’s nominated for an Oscar. Hopefully next time he wins. For now, enjoy Gary on the carpet with his wife Alexandra and being delightful and awesome with Janet McTeer and Glenn Close at Vanity Fair afterwards, holding their shoes. Full Story

If Gary Oldman was to build any momentum at all for Oscar as Sarah’s prediction, he really needed the BAFTA for Best Actor. This did not happen. Not to say he’s out of it entirely, but his chances are even smaller now. Like, microscopic. But that’s why you gamble, right? His wife Alexandra is really quite lovely. Full Story

A lot of people seem to think the Oscar race is a foregone conclusion. Well, tell that to the people in the race. They’re still campaigning. And you know how it is in Hollywood. Money is everything. If they’re spending money on consultants and strategies and appearances and this and that and the other, something is giving them reason to believe the votes are still out there. Full Story

So Jean Dujardin, the stone cold French fox who scored a surprise Best Actor upset at the SAGs for The Artist, has a new movie coming out in France. It’s called Les Infideles and it’s about a bunch of guys cheating. The ad campaign features images of the men, including Dujardin, in suggestive positions with women and racy taglines. Full Story

Sarah boldly predicted very early, on December 1, that Gary Oldman would WIN the Best Actor Oscar. Click here for a refresher. Well, first he had to be nominated. And that was far from a sure thing. As late as last week, many experts had left Oldman off the list in their predictions in favour of any combination of Leonardo DiCaprio and/or Michael Fassbender/Shannon. Full Story

As Brad Pitt said, admiringly, of Jessica Chastain:“Seven pictures in 2011 and five in 2012. Usually an actor has to work in the porn industry to have that kind of success.”Jessica Chastain is pretty much why Jessica Biel has to marry Justin Timberlake. There’s really nothing else for Biel to do. Unless she wants to sign on to a Paranormal Activity movie or something. Full Story

Colin Firth and Gary Oldman were both at the premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy last night in LA, a film they say should contend at the awards. Colin is the reigning Best Actor. Sarah declared last week (click here for a refresher) that Gary is her prediction to walk away with it this year. Full Story

We started talking about Oscar odds yesterday during the liveblog, and I made the assertion that Gary Oldman would win Best Actor for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Let’s break down how I got there.1) No one is a lock this yearBy this time last year, it was clearly “Colin Firth’s year”. Full Story

Check out the cast of Red Riding Hood in Vancouver this week dressed in full costume, refreshingly UNelaborate. After all, they live(d) in a village back in the day, although at some point Amanda Seyfried better have a memorable red cape. Having said that, Shiloh Fernandez (the young kid in black) and that low slung shirt is a little obvious. Full Story

Joshua Jackson is back in Vancouver resuming production on a new season of Fringe. Look at him on set yesterday. Look how cute. He doesn’t fuss, he doesn’t pull attitude, he doesn’t demand to have his ass kissed. Instead he is always jovial, always smiling, always in great spirits with the crew, with his peers. Full Story